Japan reports record spike in potentially deadly bacterial infection, MK party ends boycott, Olympics in July will be ‘nearly impossible’ over extreme heat, and Russia overtakes US as gas supplier to Europe.
Virgin Atlantic ditches its flights to Cape Town, along with some other cities, in favour of the US and UK’s demands.
An attempted hijacking aboard a Virgin Australia flight bound for Bali has failed, with the plane successfully grounded by the pilots at the intended destination.
Kulula.com were the first South African airline to give the comic safety demonstration a try. It was cute, it got the odd chuckle, but soon it got pretty tired and cringeworthy. But let’s face it, it’s extremely hard to take something as earnest and serious as safety precautions and turn it into something people actually want to watch and engage with. But somehow Virgin Airlines have managed it.
Virgin America has launched a seat-to-seat delivery system for thier inflight passengers on US flights. Yes, you can actually send drinks to random passengers in your cabin now. This is awesome.